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Animate map camera around a point

Animate the map camera around a point.

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    <title>Animate map camera around a point</title>
    <meta property="og:description" content="Animate the map camera around a point." />
    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@5.9.0/dist/maplibre-gl.css' />
    <script src='https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@5.9.0/dist/maplibre-gl.js'></script>
    <style>
        body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
        html, body, #map { height: 100%; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
    const map = new maplibregl.Map({
        container: 'map',
        style: 'https://tiles.openfreemap.org/styles/liberty',
        center: [-87.62712, 41.89033],
        zoom: 15.5,
        pitch: 45
    });

    function rotateCamera(timestamp) {
        // clamp the rotation between 0 -360 degrees
        // Divide timestamp by 100 to slow rotation to ~10 degrees / sec
        map.rotateTo((timestamp / 100) % 360, {duration: 0});
        // Request the next frame of the animation.
        requestAnimationFrame(rotateCamera);
    }

    map.on('load', () => {
        // Start the animation.
        rotateCamera(0);

        // Add 3d buildings and remove label layers to enhance the map
        const layers = map.getStyle().layers;
        for (let i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
            if (layers[i].type === 'symbol' && layers[i].layout['text-field']) {
                // remove text labels
                map.removeLayer(layers[i].id);
            }
        }
    });
</script>
</body>
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